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The Ministry of Prophets and Apostles Today

All missionary work is founded on the doctrine of Christ. As mission presidents, missionaries, members, and those learning about the Church come to understand that doctrine, then all other aspects of missionary work and of growth in the gospel take their proper places.

President Boyd K. Packer, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, was in good spirits and good form as he addressed the new mission presidents seminar at the missionary training center in Provo, Utah, on Saturday, June 25.

Members of the Church will “serve God better if they cherish sacred experiences in which they felt the Spirit testify truths of the Savior,” President Henry B. Eyring, First Counselor in the First Presidency of the Church, said as he addressed Saints and community members attending the dedication of the rebuilt Longfellow Park chapel in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Form holy habits, obey the commandments, and develop righteous routines that will help you overcome temptation—these messages to Mexican youth are good counsel to all Latter-day Saints everywhere, and they were just some of the messages Elder Dallin H. Oaks and Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles shared as they fulfilled assignments in Mexico.

Members of the Church will continue to receive blessings as they live and share the gospel, Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said as he presided over the creation of the Jakarta Indonesia Stake, the first stake of the Church in Indonesia.

The first stake in Russia is “one stake [now], but it will be many stakes in the future,” Elder Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said during a historic visit to Russia in June 2011, during which he created the Moscow Russia Stake.

In two busy days of meetings with priesthood leaders and members of the Church in Mongolia, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles took time to teach doctrine and to bless and encourage members and missionaries with reminders of their Heavenly Father’s love.

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland and Elder David A. Bednar, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, meet with members in Hong Kong, China, to bear witness of the Savior, express the love of Church leaders, and teach about learning through the Spirit and receiving blessings through Heavenly Father’s love and the Savior’s Atonement.